onetreeforge Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Our district just got hit by the worst cyclone NZ has ever had, many people lost houses, huge foods, our house and my workshop are fine but we have had no power or roads out and are getting air dropped food, we are way out on the coast, I had a 1949 BSA motorcycle in the shed that had been sitting for 12 years I got it going and was able to get through the slipped roads. Because we live on a small pore island the roads will be like this for probably years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Sorry to hear and see the damage. I hope that your power is restored soon. Are you running on a generator or just relying on candles, etc.? I hope your life and those around you get back to normal as quickly as possible. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I am glad to live somewhere where the only natural disaters are blizzards and a very rare tornado. Hurricanes, cyclones, frequent tornados, earthquakes, fires, tsunamies, etc. are things that would be serious negatives if I was thinking of moving elsewhere. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 The power of mother nature is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetreeforge Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Lucky I got a generator 2 years ago, its made life so easy as we get a powercut probably every month for 24 hours sometimes, I need to keep the fridge cold and the water pump lights going. I have lived here for almost 30 years but in the last 7 it has been very hard with storms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I will ring the anvil in the garden, to send healing light and comfort to all who are affected by the storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Thanks for letting us know your ok and able to deal with the damage. Hope they get the utilities and services back up and running ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 The price you pay for living in paradise. Glad your OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scott NC Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Sorry to hear of this Onetreeforge. Generators are good things. I hope you are coping well. On 2/17/2023 at 3:26 PM, George N. M. said: I am glad to live somewhere where the only natural disaters are blizzards and a very rare tornado. Until Yellowstone caldera blows.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Yes, a major eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera would be a very bad thing the probabilities are extremely low. The media and Hollywood have made it appear that such an event is immenent but in reality it is much more likely that the next eruption won't happen for 10, 20, or 30 thousand years from now. Even then, there is no guarantee that it will be a big, caldera forming/civilization ending eruption. It may equally be a few cinder cones and local lava flows spread of a couple thousand years. The probabilities are a couple orders of magnitude less than being hit with a major hurricane in Florida or an earthquake in S. California within, say, the next 25 years. All the Wyoming geologists, myself included, aren't looking at immigrating to Australia. ;-) GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 It won't happen without years of warning. Magma has to rise nearly to the surface for it to collapse and it will probably be preceded by "small" eruptions in the local. Have any of those mountains risen a thousand feet or so recently George? If not I'd relax. A Yellowstone type eruption anywhere on Earth will take years to recover from for everybody. A goodly percentage of the N. American mega mammal fauna went extinct about the time of the last one. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetreeforge Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 Talking about eruptions, some of the mountain are about 800 years overdue for an eruption, we have been getting a few earthquakes, we are on the same faultline as Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Yeah, the only difference between you and Japan is that you are where the Pacific Plate goes under the Australia Plate and Japan is where the Pacific Plate goes under the Eurasia Plate. That will make little practical difference when it comes to things like volcanos and earthquakes. I'll still take my blizzards. But I do REALLY want to visit NZ someday. And if I ever got too fed up with the USA NZ would be close to the top of my list of where to immigrate, even with cyclones, volcanos, and earthquakes. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 If Yellowstone goes up; folks near to it won't need to worry about it! The "next" volcanic incident in NM, USA has been forecasted as possibly happening 10 miles to the north of my shop. I've decided not to wait around for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetreeforge Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 7:32 PM, George N. M. said: Yeah, the only difference between you and Japan is that you are where the Pacific Plate goes under the Australia Plate and Japan is where the Pacific Plate goes under the Eurasia Plate. That will make little practical difference when it comes to things like volcanos and earthquakes. I'll still take my blizzards. But I do REALLY want to visit NZ someday. And if I ever got too fed up with the USA NZ would be close to the top of my list of where to immigrate, even with cyclones, volcanos, and earthquakes. GNM You probably wouldn't like to live here, its the Detroit of the south pacific Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 I'm waiting for NC to slide off into the Atlantic. What is the absolute worst thing about living there that causes you to say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 I join in Scott's question. Your characterization is at odds with almost everything I have seen and heard about NZ. My general impression is that NZ is a pretty good country by most criteria, better run than many. Not paradise but definitely better than average. I am aware that what can look very good to an outsider can be very different for someone living there. My late wife grew up in Hawaii and from her I got a very different perspective on life in paradise. You may not appreciate this as much as the Yanks but when my father in law retired from teaching at the University of Hawaii he and my MIL retired from Hololulu to the Buffalo, NY area. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetreeforge Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 I was joking a bit but they do make it look good for tourists, I live in a very pore area, a friend of mine moved here from Texas and thinks its a bit of an lol, The good things is we have a social welfare system and hospitals are free, I am getting money from being trapped by the cyclone but the council can't afford to fix the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 You can ride your motorcycle over those busted up roads, not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetreeforge Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 On 3/2/2023 at 10:46 AM, Scott NC said: You can ride your motorcycle over those busted up roads, not? I have been riding the motorcycle but I can get the car out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Sweet ride but don't you think it may be a little too flash? GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetreeforge Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 That is the problem, people dont want to get there brand new tessla dirty when I am drifting round dirt roads in a car worth more than a brand new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 I love it! Dirt roads too. I'd pay to ride NZ dirt roads with you in that machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetreeforge Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 Locals have dug this out with diggers, there is a 300ft drop now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Does your car go fast? Maybe it needs roll bars. I'd still go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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